A Flood of Golden Sunlight

Gallery: FloraPosted May 26, 20081,350 views10 comments

This is one of many rose closeup images that I captured earlier this Spring.

Shooting Data:
D200, f/2.8 70-200 mm lens, f/9 1/50s, 200mm, Matrix Metering, Canon 500D CU lens, tripod, cable release.

Post processing included a minor crop to remove a part of an OOF leaf and a curves adjustment layer to add linear contrast and enhance the gold in the light. Smart sharpening to prepare the image for the 'net.

This is one rose bush that only seems to bloom in the early Spring and while I'm not a Rose gardener, I did enjoy those roses.

Thanks for viewing and leaving your comments.

Hope you are all having a great Memorial Day. Me? I got a speeding ticket so I'm not a happy camper. The oh-so gracious cop told me I was the only person who smiled at him all day! He didn't realize that under my gracious smile were many nasty ungracious 4, 5, 6, and 7-letter words!

Carol

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 26, 2008 at 7:09 PM

Carol, This is awesome

- from one of my most favourite flowers. Just wish the petal was a bit more fresh looking.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 26, 2008 at 9:11 PM

Carol,

The oof style is not really my cup of tea but I certainly like the color and the light here. Sorry to hear about the ticket. Authority is just plain hard to live with. I sympathize. (smile)

Pat

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Comment posted by Mary Christopher S on May 27, 2008 at 1:48 AM

Carol, What a beautiful and warm image. It just gives the heart a "lift", a great sunny image.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 27, 2008 at 7:40 AM

Love this, Carol. Beautifully executed with its dim petal shapes in the BG - really dreamy ( though I agree with Ram over the front petal ). Hope you have managed to calm down by now !!

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Comment posted by Barb Hansen on May 27, 2008 at 9:47 AM

Beautiful color and light Carol. Great DOF.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on May 27, 2008 at 2:37 PM

Excellent pof Carol. Love the soft bg.

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Comment posted by John Williams on May 28, 2008 at 9:35 AM

I'll echo Ram; really nice, but would be perfect if the edge of the petal was fresher.

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on May 28, 2008 at 11:15 AM

The color and light are very nice Carol. It would have been even better with a "fresh" petal edge. Sorry to hear about the ticket ... hope you had a great weekend anyway!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 28, 2008 at 5:31 PM

Carol: Really good DOF/POF choices here and very pleasing color. Very well done. >=))>

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Comment posted by Dona Hilkey on May 31, 2008 at 5:16 PM

Carol, I like the beautiful sunshiny color. Sorry about the ticket.
Dona

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